Folding and expanding top wear hanger
A hanger folding and expanding in a direction parallel to the hook, for narrow neck top wears is comprised of, including but not limited to, a spring, two solid wings, a pivot pin, a hook, and a member connecting the hook and a pivot pin.
While hanging a T-shirt on a coat hanger, it is very inconvenient to put the hanger into a top wear through the narrow neck. Most of the users put the hanger in from the bottom of the top wears. Even for so retractable hangers, it is not easy to put the hanger into a narrow neck of a garment with one hand. It is the purpose of this invention to provide a novel hanger easy to put into a top wear through the neck with one hand holding the garment and the other hand folding the hanger.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a one touch folding and expanding hanger for narrow neck top wears.
2. Description of the Prior Art
U.S. Pat. No. 589,901 to Lincoln and Summerfield, U.S. Pat. No. 923,786 to Gerachi, U.S. Pat. No. 959,687 to Altermatt, U.S. Pat. No. 2,290,772 to Weingarten, U.S. Pat. No. 2,425,475 to Isaacson, U.S. Pat. No. 2,509,754 to Badalamenti, U.S. Pat. No. 2,518,367 to Oenhallegon, U.S. Pat. No. 2,906,442 to McNutt, U.S. Pat. No. 3,531,028 to Vazquez, U.S. Pat. No. 4,114,786 to Wiese, U.S. Pat. No. 4,117,960 to Bengsch et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,227,632 to Collis, U.S. Patent to LaMont, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,988,021 to Adams et al. illustrate foldable and collapsible cloths hanger assemblies having a member that enables folding of the wings. The members of the prior arts are very sophisticate and bulky compared to the simple function of the cloths hanger.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,876,237 to Jackson. U.S. Pat. No. 3,285,118 to EIkins et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,513,746 to Forsberg, U.S. Pat. No. 4,116,104 to Kennedy illustrate anchor nuts comprised of a butterfly wire spring or ribbon spring, two folded wings, a pivot pin and a nut. The anchoring nuts of the prior arts utilize short wings to hold weights behind a wall. The wings of nuts are made of very rigid metal and their cross sectional shape is one side opened square to sustain the heavy weight. A nut must be located at the center of the two wings and pivot pin to receive the bolt and let it pass through the nut. Therefore, two pivot pins are needed at the side of the wings or a pivot pin connected to a nut should be utilized.
None of the prior arts teaches a hanger that folds and expands in a direction opposite to the hook of a hanger for narrow neck upper ears of this invention comprised of, including but not limited to, a spring, solid wings, a pivot pin, a hook, and a member connecting the hook and pivot pin.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIt is the purpose of this invention to provide a novel folding and expanding hanger for narrow neck top wears. It is comprised of, including but not limited to, a spring, two solid wings, a pivot pin, a hook, and a member connecting the hook and pivot pin. The spring, coiled around at the center of the pivot pin, renders a repulsion force for thrusting the wings to the extended position. The two solid wings have inner space for receiving the spring. The pivot pin is pivotably connected to one end of the two wings. The hook, which has a groove for finger, is connected to a member, which has two hands anchored to the pivot pin at both sides of the spring. The hook may be connected directly to a spring, which has two extended wings of 5 to 20 cm long. The other ends of two wings may be broader than the opposite ends for sustaining the shape of the upper wears. The cross sectional shape of the wings are, including but not limited to, a circle, a hemi circle, a pizza slice shape, a triangle, a square, a pentagon, a hexagon and combination of those geometrical shapes. The novel structure of the hanger of this invention enables a user easily put a hanger into the narrow neck of, including but not limited to, a round T-neck shirt, a buttoned men's dress shirt, and a ladies blouse by folding the wings inwardly and push the hanger into the neck of the top wears. By releasing the wings, the hanger holds the shape of the top wear.
The holding member (5) has two arms (7). One end (8) of each arms are fixed to the pivot pin (3) through the holes (3-1) on the pin (3). A butterfly wire spring (4) is mounted on the central part of the pivot pin (3). The pivot pin (3) is engaged through the two pivot pin holes (10-1) and (10-2).
Claims
1. A hanger, folding and expanding in a direction parallel to the hook, for narrow neck top wears is comprised of 1) a butterfly wire spring, which renders a repulsion force for thrusting the wings to the extended position, 2) two solid wings, having an inner space for receiving the butterfly wire spring and one end of the two wings being pivotably connected by a pivot pin, 3) a holding member connecting the hook and the pivot pin, 4) the pivot pin having two holes for receiving the two arms of the holding member connected to a hook, 5) the hook having the groove for holding user's fingers.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 2, 2003
Date of Patent: Apr 4, 2006
Patent Publication Number: 20040129744
Inventors: Junwon Choi (Irvine, CA), Sunjin Hyun (Irvine, CA)
Primary Examiner: John J. Calvert
Assistant Examiner: James G Smith
Attorney: Eugene Oak
Application Number: 10/334,277
International Classification: A41D 27/22 (20060101);